Brief Description: This
is a lovely, newly built 1.2 mile trail extending from the Thunder
Rock/Ocoee Powerhouse #3 and follows the Ocoee coming out at the picnic
area just below the Ocoee Whitewater Center. It is a very easy,
(handicap accessible) walk with a beautiful section of board walk that
juts out over the river where you can halt and gander at rafters and
kayakers floating by.

Directions to the Trailhead:
Athens
and Etowah area hikers meet in Bi-Lo parking lot at Etowah @ 1:30 PM.
Hikers in the Cleveland area meet at Ocoee Hardee’s @ 1:45 PM and car
pool from there. I will meet you at the trailhead @ 2:30 PM.
Directions: Your turn off of Hwy 64 will be the Thunder Rock
Campground sign, which directs you across a bridge. After crossing the
bridge you will see the trailhead sign on the left. There is a small
parking lot at the trailhead and also a small parking area near the
Thunder Rock Campground entrance which is just across the gravel road.

Trail Description:
This is a
lovely, newly built 1.2 mile trail extending from the Thunder Rock/Ocoee
Powerhouse #3 and follows the Ocoee coming out at the picnic area just
below the Ocoee Whitewater Center. It is a very easy, (handicap
accessible) walk with a beautiful section of board walk that juts out
over the river where you can halt and gander at rafters and kayakers
floating by.

Post Trip Report: Six hikers chanced the
weather forecast and hiked in light rain to the trail’s end, then pulled
off rain gear and enjoyed a dry hike back to the trailhead. Several
mountain laurel and a few white rhododendron were blooming. The crimson
bloom of sweet shrub was also seen. Hikers were: Mary Heather West,
Mae Miles, Sandra Corn, Jane Bohannon, Terry McCoy & Deb Boyd.